Nationality Scottish Years active 1914-1946 | Died 1985 | |
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Born 1885 Helensburgh Alma maters | ||
Tina gray revulsion
Tina Gray (1885– 1985) was a medical pioneer and the sister of 'Glasgow Girl' Norah Neilson Gray.
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- Tina gray revulsion
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- Family life
- WW1
- Interwar period
- WW2
- Postwar period
- References
Tina gray revulsion adelaide unibar 07 12 13
Family life
Gray was born in Helensburgh, one of the seven children of Norah Neilson and George Gray. George Gray was a ship owner in Glasgow. During Gray's childhood the family enjoyed some affluence, but the shipping industry suffered badly following the First World War, and the family's wealth suffered as a result. Tina was homeschooled, and went on to study drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1901-1903. Her sister, the 'Glasgow Girl' Norah Neilson Gray, also studied at the Glasgow School of Art and enjoyed international recognition until her untimely death in 1931.
WW1
Gray, like her sister, volunteered during World War I. Whilst Gray's sister volunteered with the suffragist-affiliated Scottish Women's Hospitals, Gray volunteered as a nurse with the British Red Cross. She was based at the 25th stationary hospital in Rouen, a British military hospital for infectious diseases, where she was given the award of one scarlet stripe.
Interwar period
In 1925, Gray graduated from the University of Glasgow at the age of 41 with a medical degree and eventually became the assistant surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. She was one of only two female senior surgeons in Scotland at that time.
WW2
During World War II, Gray was appointed as a surgeon at Dunfermline and Stonehouse hospitals.
Postwar period
Gray retired from Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1946, and remained at Stonehouse until late 1947. Gray was a member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Lady Artists' Society (elected 1939). She died aged 100 in 1985.